Danai Fannin
Dr. Kasambira Fannin is an associate professor and licensed speech-language pathologist. Her research interests include cultural and socioeconomic effects on communicative functions, appropriate services for culturally and linguistically diverse people, interdisciplinary communication intervention for children with developmental disabilities, and determinants of access to autism services for children in underserved and rural areas.
Education
Ph.D., Speech and Hearing Sciences |
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
2008 |
M.A., Speech Language Pathology |
Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO |
2003 |
B.S., Communication Sciences and Disorders |
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL |
2001 |
B.S., Communications-Advertising/Public Relations |
Bradley University, Peoria, IL |
1997 |
Courses
Publications
Edited Publications
- Kasambira Fannin, D., Mahendra, N.A., Matthews, J., Abdelaziz, M.M. (in preparation). Diversification of the Speech-Language Pathology workforce. In F. Khosa (Ed.), Workforce diversity across the health professions. Cambridge, MA: Elsevier.
- Kasambira Fannin, D., & Watson, L.R. (2022). Social communication in individuals on the autism spectrum. In D.A. Hwa-Froelich(Ed.), Social communication development and disorders, 2nd Ed. New York, NY: Psychology Press.
- Kasambira Fannin, D. (2022). Letter to the Clinician for Chapter 5, School age children part I: Early years. In B. Daughrity & A.W. Johnson (Eds.), Autism Spectrum Disorders from theory to practice: Assessment and intervention tools across the lifespan. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley and Sons.
- Mahendra, N.A., Girolamo, T.M., & Kasambira Fannin, D. (2021, August). Advancing justice and equity in the professions. The ASHA Leader.
- Kasambira Fannin, D. (2020). Special Forum: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Office of Multicultural Affairs. Perspectives on the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 1-2, 5(1), 1-2.
- Fannin, D.C., & Watson, L.R. (2014). Social communication assessment and intervention for children on the autism spectrum. In D.A. Hwa-Froelich (Ed.), Social communication development and disorders. New York, NY: Psychology Press.
- Kasari, C., Kasambira Fannin, D.C., & Stickles, K. (2012). Joint attention intervention for children with autism. In P. Prelock, & R. McCauley (Eds.), Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders: Evidence-based intervention strategies for communication and social interaction, Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes.
Peer Reviewed
- Kasambira Fannin, D., Williams, E., Fuller, M., Pearson, J.N., Boyd, B., Drame, E.R.Taylor, J.C., Dickerson, A.S., Spinks-Franklin, A., & Coles-White, D.(2024).Unpacking the prevalence: A warning against overstating the recently narrowed gap for Black autistic youth.Autism Research.https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.3168
- Kasambira Fannin,D.(2024). Special Forum prologue: Bilingual assessment protocols for under-studied languages. Perspectives on the ASHA Special Interest Groups. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_PERSP-24-00093
- Kasambira Fannin, D., Elleby, J., Tackett, M., & Minga, J. (2023). Intersectionality of race and question asking in women after right hemisphere brain damage. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 66(1), 314-324.
- Girolamo, T., Castro, N., Kasambira Fannin, D., Ghali, S., Mandulak, K.C. (2022). (In)equity in peer review in communication sciences and disorders. American Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 31(4), 1898-1912.
- Kasambira Fannin, D., & Mandulak, K.C. (2021). Special Forum prologue: Increasing diversity in the communication sciences and disorders workforce. American Journal of Speech Language Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_AJSLP-21-00258.
- Abdelaziz, M.M., Matthews, J., Campos, I., Kasambira Fannin, D., Rivera Perez, J.F., Wilhite, M., & Williams, R.M. (2021). Student Stories: Microaggressions in communication sciences and disorders. American Journal of Speech Language Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_AJSLP-21-00030
- Kim, E.T., Franz, L., Kasambira Fannin, D., Howard, J., & Maslow, G. (2021). Educational classifications of autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability among school‚ aged children in North Carolina: Associations with race, rurality, and resource availability, Autism Research. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2492
- Kasambira Fannin, D. (2020). Special Forum: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Office of Multicultural Affairs. Perspectives on the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1044/2019_PERSP-19-00042.
- Kasambira Fannin, D., Crais, E.R., & Barbarin, O.A. (2018). Correlation between communicative functions of mothers and preschoolers of different racial and income groups. Journal of the National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing, 13(1), 9-30.
- Kasambira Fannin, D., Barbarin, O.A., & Crais, E.R. (2018). Communicative function use of preschoolers and mothers from differing racial and socioeconomic groups. Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools, 49, 306-319.
- Kasambira Fannin, D. (2017). Reporting of underrepresented populations in autism treatment studies across 25 years. Clinical Archives of Communication Disorders, 2(3), 250-263.
- Kasambira Fannin, D., Barbarin, O.A., & Crais, E.R. (2017). Effects of mothers' and preschoolers' communicative function use and demographics on concurrent language and social skills. Journal of the National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing, 12(2), 79-99.
- Kasambira Fannin, D. (2016). The intersection of culture and the ICF-CY Personal and Environmental Factors for Alternative and Augmentative Communication. Perspectives on the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 1(SIG 12), 63-82.
- Hooper, S.R., Roberts, J.E., Nelson, L., Zeisel, S., & Kasambira Fannin, D.C. (2010). Preschool predictors of narrative writing skills in elementary school children. School Psychology Quarterly, 25(1), 1-12.
- Hwa-Froelich, D., Kasambira, D.C., & Moleski, A.M. (2007). Communicative Functions of African American Head Start children. Communication Disorders Quarterly, 28(2), 77-91.
Grants
- National Institutes of Health Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Mentored Career Enhancement Award ( K08) - 2024-2029. Acceptability, Feasibility, and Appropriateness of Digital Autism Screening, Clinical Decision Support, and Research Engagement for Black Children. (PI: Danai Kasambira Fannin)
- American Speech Language Hearing Foundation New Century Scholars Grant: Contextual Factors Affecting Autism Identification of Rural African American Children (2021)